Perfume dispensing implement



M M ALEXANDER 2515,7581

PERFUME DISPENSING IMPLEMENT Filed A ril 24,1951

' INVENTOR. MARY M. ALEXANDER flr'rokuzy. l

Oct. 28, 1952 Patented Oct. 28, 1952 UNITED STATES PAT ENT QFFICE.

PERFUME DISPENSING IMPLEMENT Mary Mildred Alexander, Los Angeles, Calif,

Application-Aprilfi i, 1951, Serial'No. 222,558

4 Claims- 1 This invention relates to a perfume dispensing device, embodied in an attractive :novelty capable of being conveniently carried about and operable to deliver a perfume impregnated liquid-spray.

One: object of the invention is to provide adevice which is a morezconveniently manuall-yoperable implement to cause a spray of perfume impregnated liquid to be directed against any fabric orother object to beperfumed.

Another object is to provide, in. a perfuming implement having in it a perfume reservoir, improved refilling means for said reservoir.

A more specific object is to provide a perfume dispenser which as to its-external appearance resembles a minature parsol, the ejecting of the perfume being accomplished by swinging the ribbed portions of the parasol-like article-into a closer or more nearly collapsed relation to -each other.

Other objects, advantages and features of invention will hereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanying drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the invention,

Fig. 1 is a view showing the article in vertical midsection except that some parts near the plane of section are shown in elevation. Linkage back of the plane of section is omitted to simplify the view. Broken lines indicate the Position of parts when the article is in a more expanded condition.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional detail, looking up from the horizontal plane indicated by line 2-2 on Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, on a smaller scale than Figs. 1 and 2, showing the device in a moderately expanded condition.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View, the observer looking up approximately from line 44 on Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a bottom plan of the device in a more nearly collapsed condition than in Fig. 1, the viewpoint of the observer being approximately indicated by line 55 on the latter view.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the external parasol like side wall portion 1 consists of a suitable sheet material and is internally supported by.

a plurality of slightly arcuate moderately rigid stays 8. This structure surrounds a tubular axial shaft 9 carrying at one end a spraying nozzle l and at its opposite end being semicircularly curved. as a handle portion l l.

A collapsible fluid tight bag 12 is shown concentrically surrounding said shaft 9, said bag being shown as made of sheet rubber or rubber like material. Adjacent to the aforesaid nozzle H] a suitable liquid sealing means I3 is shown between said bag and the :tubular :shaft Shanda like sealing means 114 JlSJShOWIlibGtWGBD. the .opposite .endportion of said bag and the shaft.

A parasOl like :foldable "linkage [i is shown loccupying the moderately expanded lower end. por. tion of the device as it appears in Fig. .1, this linkage being at its center pivotally connected to radial flanges lGa of a collar l6 slidably surrounding the shaft 9 and being, :in-a radially outwardly spaced relation to 1 said flanges, pivotally @connected ,toclips I11, each aforesaid arcuate. stay d carrying one of these clips. Said linkagewonsists of a circumferentially arranged series. 10f paired links, the links of veach pair beingswlngably connected by pivot rivets 20. A-ringcarrying pull cord '2! is shown in Fig.1connected with the slidable collar 16 to aid the operator to ex.- pand the parasol like structure by pulling outwardly upon the said cord. An arm extension a is formed on the outer member of said linkage l5 and extends outwardly past the pivot 20 to form a stop means for said linkage when in an extended condition.

The extremity of the handle forming part I l of the tubular shaft is provided with a closure plug 22 and adjacent to said tube with a check valve 23. Said tubular shaft also has, within the bag [2, ports 25 through which the perfume impregnated liquid 26- is supplied to said bag.

It will be seen that the bag [2 is considerably spaced away from that end of the shaft 9 which carries the handle I I, so that a working clearance is provided for the linkage l5 within the open end portion of the collapsible wall portion 1 of the device.

It will also be observed that the linkage l5 differs from the series of rods that hold the covering of a parasol in the expanded condition, each rod of the parasol being replaced by a pair of links wherein the links of the pair are pivoted to each other, one link being pivoted to the slidable collar 16 and the other link of the pair being pivotally related to the adjacent cover stay 8. This structure, being more compact than the conventional rod structure which it displaces, can be housed in that part of the space within the covering which is not occupied by the bag I2 when the device is partly collapsed, as shown in Fig. 1.

In the operation of the device the user will collapse its wall portion 1 by degrees thus from time, in turn, collapsing or contracting the elastic liquid container l2, each collapsing operation being performed in a sufficiently rapid manner to cause a spray 21 of the liquid perfume to issue from the nozzle l0, it being understood that at such times 3 said nozzle will be placed close to and directed toward the object or portion of the users body to be perfumed.

When it is desired to refill the bag l2 the plug 22 will be removed and the ball check valve will be held open so that a fresh supply of the liquid perfume 26 may be forced into the bag through the tube passing from said tube into the bag through the ports 25. This refilling operation should be performed while the device is in the upstanding position shown in Fig. l, and may be aided by the operator giving a downward pull upon the ring carrying cord 2|, so as to aid in expanding the device.

I claim:

1. In a perfume dispenser, a parasol like structure comprising a tubular axial shaft provided with a spraying nozzle at one end and a handle at its opposite end andwith a collapsible side wall portion surrounding said shaft, an elastic.

bag containing perfuming fluid and surrounding said tubular shaft in a fluid dispensing communication therewith, said bag being deflated and ejecting the perfume through said nozzle when said side wall portion is forcibly collapsed against the bag.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, and said bag being spaced away from said handle, a collar slidably carried by said shaft in the space provided by the aforesaid spacing away of said bag from said handle, and a circumferentially extending series of paired pivoted together links in said space arranged around said shaft and connecting said collar with the wall portion of the parasol like structure.

3. In a device of the kind described, an elongated, fluid impervious collapsible bag to contain perfume in a fluid form, a tubular shaft extending axially through said bag in fluid communication therewith and having end portions outside thereof, said bag being sealed in a fluid tight manner around said shaft at the places where the latter pass through the bag, one of the end portions of said shaft having outlet means for the perfume and the opposite end portion of said shaft having a filling opening, and a parasol like collapsible cover structure concentrically surrounding said bag and collapsible thereagainst to cause perfume to issue from said outlet means.

4. The structure set forth in claim 3, and that end portion of said shaft which is provided with the filling opening projecting considerably from said bag and being surrounded with the flared part of the parasol like covering, stays of the conventional parasol type secured to said covering, a slidable collar carried by said shaft within said flared portion of said covering, and pairs of links arranged in a circumferentially extending series around said shaft, the links of each pair being pivoted to each other, and in each pair one link being pivotally connected with said collar and the other link being in a connected pivotal relation to an adjacent aforesaid stay of the surrounding covering, and stop means to limit the extended movement of said links.

MARY MILDRED ALEXANDER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 425,221 Harden Apr. 8, 1890 644,703 Buckley Mar. 6, 1900 2,385,091 Lukowitz Sept. 18, 1945 

